The rapidly growing M&A department at Cooley LLP demonstrates expertise in both buy- and sell-side deals and regularly advises leading companies on business expansion opportunities and strategic exits. Integrating a cross-practice approach by liaising with the firm’s corporate and regulatory teams, the group is co-led by San Diego-based Barbara Borden, and San Francisco-based Jamie Leigh, who advises tech and financial companies on takeover and activist defense engagements, and proxy contests. Well-known for representing tech startups, San Diego duo Rowook Park and Rama Padmanabhan are skilled in public and private M&A, and life sciences sector deals, respectively. In New York, Kevin Cooper advises emerging companies on complex corporate transactions, while San Francisco’s Ben Beerle covers joint venture deals.
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Kernmandanten
- Everbridge
- Jackpocket
- Amolyt Pharma
- Transact Campus
- PetIQ
- Accel
- AuditBoard
- Carmot Therapeutics
- ProfoundBio
- RayzeBio
Highlight-Mandate
- Advised RayzeBio on its sale to Bristol Myers Squibb for $62.50 per share in cash, for a total equity value of approximately $4.1bn, or $3.6bn net of estimated cash acquired.
- Advised Carmot Therapeutics on its sale to Roche at a purchase price of $2.7bn upfront and the potential for $400m in milestone payments.
- Advised AuditBoard on its approximately $3bn sale to HG.
Anwält*innen
Hall of fame
Die Anwält*innen an der Spitze ihres Berufsstands, die aufgrund ihres langjährigen Engagements in marktführender Arbeit von Wettbewerbern und Mandanten gleichermaßen geschätzt und anerkannt werden.
Führende Partner*innen
Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.
Ben Beerle
Jamie Leigh
Praxisleitung
Barbara Borden; Jamie Leigh
Weitere Kernanwält*innen
Rama Padmanabhan; Rowook Park; Kevin Cooper; Ben Beerle